2012 Jerez Moto3 | Results

Italian rookie Romano Fenati confirmed himself as a star of the future with a dominant maiden win in tricky conditions at the Gran Premio bwin de España at Jerez, which saw almost half the field crash out.

Redox-Ongetta-Centro Seta´s Jakub Kornfeil got the best start and led the frantic opening stages in a race that was declared dry, despite a few damp patches still out on track. Red Bull KTM Ajo´s Danny Kent, Caretta Technology´s Jack Miller and Ambrogio Next Racing´s Simone Grotzkyj were soon caught out by the conditions, coming off at turn 10 on lap two simultaneously.

Estrella Galicia 0,0´s Miguel Oliveira was soon in the lead, yet Kornfeil was not giving up without a fight. However, he too came off spectacularly in turn 13, followed closely by RW Racing GP´s Brad Binder. Yet the drama continued as Oliveira followed suit a few turns later, with Kent´s team mate Arthur Sissis high-siding his bike as well.

This left Estrella Galicia 0,0´s pole sitter Alex Rins in the lead ahead of Team Italia FMI´s Romano Fenati and Racing Team Germany´s Louis Rossi. Rossi soon got past the Italian to chased down Rins, who saved a near spectacular crash, leaving him to dice with Fenati and Rossi for first.

The three riders swapped positions frequently, though soon Rossi joined the list of crashers, as he skid out on turn one, leaving the Italian rookie and Spanish wildcard to lead the way. Further down the grid, Moto FGR´s Jasper Iwema slid his bike into the gravel, after which JHK T-Shirt Laglisse´s Adrian Martin followed suit in turn one, crashing out from seventh. Mahindra Racing´s Danny Webb retired with a mechanical problem with seven laps to go, while on the same lap Technomag-CIP-TSR´s Kenta Fujii crashed in the final turn.

At the end it was Romano Fenati who took the checker flag with a 31 second lead to take the lead in the Moto3 championship, ahead of RW Racing´s Luis Salom, who won the battle to take second spot ahead of Red Bull KTM Ajo´s Sandro Cortese in third, and Rins in fourth. Miller´s team mate Alexis Masbou finished fifth ahead Blusens Avintia´s championship favourite Maverick Viñales in sixth, who recovered from an earlier run off track.

Jack Miller was confirmed to have fractured his collarbone, with Danny Kent suffering multiple contusions. Sissis suffered multiple contusions to his chest and hand, while Fujii was taken to the medical centre for X-rays.